Electrical winding



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ELECTRICAL WINDING Filed April 20, 1926 gwoentoc fiemvc/s de W/LLY 351 MIll) Patented Mar. 12, 1929.

UNITED STATES FRANCIS DE WILLY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

ELECTRICAL WINDING.

Application filed April 20, 1926. Serial No. 103,380.

My invention to windings of ti cliaraetcr disclosed in my patent Nuiul'1,549,2 l7, issued A ust ll, 1925, aiulreferrcd to as retardation windirit is a purose of my present invention to provide an electric-cl.winding whic is capable of it a u'ilication to transfornicrs, and radiol'rei'piency coils, and in various other capacities both in radiotransmitting and receiving apparatus, and in its various uses itoperates to produce what I believe to be a capaci or condenser effectwhich secures new and useful advantages in the transmission andreception of radiant energi More specifically, my invention has for itspurpose the provision of a conducting wire wound so that when employedin any form of radio receiving circuit it functions to reduce to minimumreradiation and interference from man-made and atmospheric static;greatly increases its selectivity nd sensi tivity, successfully aids inmainta'. g the allotted frequency of a broadca ng circuit; and in itsadaptation to electrical and radio apparatus permits greater length ofwire to be used, as, for example, in radio frequency coils ortransformers it allows an equal length of wire, substantially, to beused on the pr.i mary windings as on the secondary winding and yet thetuning of the coil. will be as sharp, if not sharper, than where only afew feet of wire are used on the primary as the present pract'ce.

I will describe only two forms of windings UllllHMlylHQ my invention,and will then point out the novel features thereof in claims.

In the drawings Figure l a view showing in front elevation one form ofwinding embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view showing in front elevation another form of windingembodying my invention.

Referring to Figures 1 and 9,, I have here shown one embodii'nent of myinvention which comprises a winding made from a single length ofinsulated wire 15 covered with suitable and relatively thin insulatingmaterial 16, such as silk thread. This wire 15 is bent by any suitablemeans and in a manner, broadly expressed, to have physical, but notelectrical, contact with itself at differ cut or spaced points along itslength, with the intervening parts of thewire spaced from each other soas to produce air gaps therebetwecn. In the present instance I haveshown the wire bent in lirr-t one direction and then the other to form asuccession of loops l5 and with adjacent loops disposed reven-ely toeach other so that the base or narrow end of any one l is physicalcontact with the w re portion of adjacent loop. rlt these points o icontact the several loops are attached. or rather secured to each otherby means of two threads 17 each of which is looped at intervals alongits length indicated at 1'? to embrace the wire loops at the points ofcontact, thereby securing the wire in the looped form. It is to be notedthat the wire loops are secured in edge to edge relation so that thewinding in its entirety assumes a substantially flat form, yetsufficiently flexible to permit of ready bending if it is desired tocoil the winding as w uld be necessary in its use as the primary orsecondary of a transformer or adio frequency coil.

In Figure 3 I have shown another embodiment of my invention which,although wound in a different manner, involves the same electricalprinciple of bending and securing an. insulated wire in such manner asto have physical contact with itself at different points with theintervening parts spaced from each other. In this second form of windingthe wire is coiled to form a succession of spaced loops 18 all disposedin the same plane, and the wire contacting with itself at one end of theloops as indicated at 19. The loops are secured in flat and spacedrelation by a thread 20 which is looped in the same manner as thethreads 17 so as to embrace the wire at its points of contact.

In either embodiment of my invention as well as in other forms ofwindings involving the same principle but not shown, I have found byexperiment that when used as part of a transformer or radio frequencycoil or even as a unit alone, but connected in a radio circuit, itsecures the aforementioned as well as other new and useful advantages,all. of which I believe at this time to be attributable to a capacity orcondenser eli'ect produced within the winding itself by virtue of thephysical contacting of the wire with itself at spaced intervals and archpoint of contact setting up what I believe to be a condenser or capacityeffect.

My invention is particularly adaptable, although not necessarily, toraoio receiving circuits, and in such adaptation either as a part of theradio frequency coil. or merely connected in the circuit innon-inductive relation to the other instruments, it functions tostabilize the circuit, prevent feed back in1-,

proves the quality and increases the Volume of the signal produced, andWhenincorporated in the primary or in primary and secondary of the radiofrequency coil greatly reduces static and interference froml'Gl'ttCllZttion troin other radio and prevents sets Whose units areconnected with this form of Wiring; entirely from reradiating.

Although I have herein shown and described only two forms of electricalWind ings e1 bodying my invention, it to be understood that variouschanges and modifications may be made therein with-ontdeparting from thespirit of the invention and the scope and spirit of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An electri al Winding-adapted for use in radio broadcasting andreceiving apparatus comprising a single length of insulated Wire bentand secured to form flat and closed loops arranged one in-aclvanee ofthe other and in edge-to-edge relation so as to produce between adjacentloops a condenser effect in 'respeetto current traversing the Winding.

effect is produced in respect to current traversing the w ndin FRANCISDE VVILLY.

